Mid-term Exam Review
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Food Web & Ecological Relationships– Demonstrate how the organisms shown below might interact with one another. (Use the terms in the figure below to answer the following questions). 1. Name a carnivore? 2. Who is the producer? 3. Name a 1st consumer? 4. Name a 2nd consumer? 5. Name a Parasite ‐ host relationship found in this figure (who is who?) 6. Name a predator – prey relationship found in this figure (who is who?) 7. Name an herbivore. 8. Name an omnivore? 9. Is this figure a food web or a food chain? th
10. Who is the 4 consumer? 11. Name the 5 types of precipitation. 12. Draw and label the water cycle. 13. Phosphorus is important and is found mainly in _____________ of animals and helps promote ______________ growth. Biosphere 14. The Biosphere is at the top of the hierarchy and includes all living organisms on Earth. Fill in the blanks to show the rest of the hierarchy of ecology. ___________________ Organisms 15. Describe the difference between biotic and abiotic and give an example. 16. Name the main types of trophic levels. 17. Identify an example of a natural (from nature) source of pollution and describe how it pollutes the Earth. 18. Why is it usually advantageous for a parasite to leave its host alive? 19. Compare and contrast primary and secondary succession AND give an example of each. 20. Why are lichens so important in succession? 21. Describe in detail how humans are altering the natural flow of each of the carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycles. 22. Explain the different types of symbiotic relationships (3 types) 23. What is the difference between a habitat and an organism’s niche? 24. What happens to energy as you move up the food chain? What about toxins? 25. Give the positives and negatives of naturally occurring forest fires. 26. Nitrogen makes up 78% of the _______________________________. 27. What is cultural eutrophication and has does it occur? 28. Which nutrient does not cycle into the atmosphere? 29. Describe the 3 main types of wetlands and why are wetlands so important to the environment? 30. What is a vernal pool? Who reproduces there? _____________ do not live here. 31. What is the difference between an autotroph and a heterotroph? 32. Name 4 states the Chesapeake Bay Watershed falls in: 33. Name 2 watersheds we live in: 34. Name 2 tributaries into the Chesapeake Bay 1 into Potomac River. 35. How is a river different at its headwaters compared to its mouth? (What are the headwaters and mouth??) 36. The zones of the lake/pond are: ‐ near shore= ‐away from shore = ‐deeper, darker, away from shore = ‐at the bottom = 37. A macroinvertebrate is____________________________________ and we study them to ________________________ 38. Name the macroinvertebrates: 39.
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Name macroinvertebrates that are: Sensitive Some‐what sensitive Tolerant What is DDT, when did we use it, why is there controversy over the use of it? Name 3 safety rules to follow in the classroom. When do we use a fire extinguisher, fire blanket, emergency shower? Describe what the following look like, threats to you, and how to treat and avoid their threat: ‐ poison ivy ‐ a tick ‐ black widow ‐ brown recluse spider ‐ copperhead ‐ rattlesnake Monarchs – when are they here in VA? ‐When migrate to Michoacán, Mexico? ‐ why are the poisonous? ‐Explain the life stages it takes from egg to butterfly. ‐ how can you tell a male from a female? ‐ why are they so important? ‐ what is threatening their existence and causing their numbers to decline? Name 3 adaptations that organisms may have to help them better survive in their environment. 46. Name the zones of temperature in the ocean. 47. Where are most coral reefs located and what are threatening them? 48. How can we make artificial coral reefs? List the benefits and disadvantages. 49. Warm oceans come from _________________ region and flow toward________________ regions. 50. Which side of the continents do cold currents typically flow alongside? 51. Which ocean is the: ‐ largest ‐ shallowest ‐ contains Sargasso Sea ‐ coldest and windiest environment ‐ Marianas Trench is deepest spot 52. Describe relationship between the Red Knot and the horseshoe crab along the Delaware Bay. 53. What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, what is found there, how did it form, what can be done about it? 54. Which coastal landform will protect the mainland from storms? 55. What is the difference between coniferous and deciduous trees? Give an example of each. 56. Describe a white oak compared to a red oak. 57. Label the zones of the ocean on the figure below.